HIPPOPHAE 



OLEASTEB OBDEB 



SHEPHEBDIA 781 



HIPPOPHAE (Sea Buckthorn ; 

 Sallow Thorn). — There is only one 

 species belonging to this genus : — 



H. rhamnoides. — This is a beautiful 

 deciduous shrub 1-8 ft. high, found grow- 

 ing wild occasionally on the eastern sea- 

 shores of England, and naturalised here 

 and there in Scotland and Ireland. 

 Branches ending in a spine, and bearing 

 leaves j-2 in. long, lengthening after the 

 ilowers have withered to 3 in., dull green 

 above,, silvery -white beneath. Flowers in 

 May on the old wood, the male ones 

 minute in axillary clusters ; the female 

 flowers solitary, on separate plants. 

 Perianth 2-parted. Stamens 4. Fruit 

 3 in. in diameter, enclosed in the roundish 

 or oblong orange-yellow perianth tube. 

 The Himalayan form S. salicifolia seems 

 to be a geographical form of the Sea 

 Buckthorn. 



Culture and Propagation. — Although 

 wild near the sandy seashores, and valu- 

 able as a cultivated plant in such locali- 

 ties, the Sea Buckthorn enjoys better 

 treatment in good inland garden soil, and 

 responds by forming beautiful silvery- 

 white bushes studded with orange-yellow 

 berries in September and October. As 

 the male and female flowers are borne 

 on separate plants, seeds in any quantity 

 can only be obtained by having the 

 poUen transferred by the wind or hand 

 from the staminate to the pistillate 

 flowers. 



The Sea Buckthorn when fullj- es- 

 tablished produces suckers freely, and by 

 detaching these with as much root as 

 possible the stock can be increased. 

 Layers during the summer may also be 

 made, and cuttings of the half-ripened 

 shoots will root in cold frames during 

 the summer months. Seeds may be 



sown as soon as ripe, or in spring in cold 

 frames, and plants may also be obtained 

 from cuttings of the roots. 



SHEPHERDIA.— A genus contain- 

 ing 3 species of scaly shrubs or small 

 trees, with opposite stalked oblong entire 

 leaves. Flowers dioecious (i.e. male and 

 female on different plants), small, very 

 shortly spicate or racemose, opposite the 

 small bracts at the side of the rachis. 

 Perianth 4-parted. Stamens 8 in the male 

 flowers, reduced to glands in the female 

 flowers. Fruit-bearing perianth persist- 

 ent at the base, berry-like. 



Culture and Propagation. — The Shep- 

 herdias require the same treatment as 

 the Elmagnus and Hippophae described 

 above. They are all natives of Canada 

 and the N. United States. 



S. argentea {Buffalo Berry; Beef 

 Sv^t Tree ; Babbit Berry). — A rather tall 

 shrub or small tree distinguished by its 

 narrow elliptic tapering silvery white 

 leaves, and yellow flowers which appear 

 in April, and are succeeded in due course 

 by edible scarlet berries which have a 

 pleasant acid taste. Only the pistillate 

 or female flowers bear the berries, as in 

 the case of the Sea Buckthorn. Although 

 quite distinct, this species is often con- 

 fused with the hermaphrodite flowered 

 EliBagnus argentea (see above, p. 780). 



Culture d:c. as above. Increased by 

 seeds, layers, suckers, or cuttings. 



S. canadensis. — A shrub 3-6 ft. high 

 with elliptic or ovate leaves, nearly naked 

 and green above, and covered with a 

 silvery down and rusty scurfy scales be- 

 neath. Flowers in May, yellowish, 

 covered with rusty scales, and succeeded 

 by orange-red insipid berries. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



Oil. LORANTHACEiE— Mistletoe Order 



An order of evergreen shrubs which depend for their existence on the 

 elaborated sap of other dicotyledonous trees, into the bark and wood of which 

 they strike their roots. They are very rarely erect trees or shrubs, growing 

 in soil. Leaves opposite or rarely alternate, entire, often flat, thick, and 

 leathery. Stipules none. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, or 1-sexed. 

 Perianth segments 3-6, rarely 2, with an equal number of stamens. Fruit 

 a juicy inferior 1-celled 1-seeded berry. 



VISCUM (Mistletoe). — A genus parasitic on trees, and having opposite 

 containing about 30 species of shrubs or forked branches. Leaves sometimes 



